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Addressing Commonwealth North’s monthly public affairs luncheon at the University of Alaska Anchorage, University of Alaska …

As Alaska's first mumps outbreak in decades continues to spread, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services on Wednesday updated its vaccination guidelines, giving the go-ahead for residents who would like to get a third dose of the vaccine. …

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Young, Murkowski hold fast on gun rights
Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media …

Since 1935, the Fur Rendezvous winter festival has been an important part of Anchorage’s history. This year the festival takes place Feb. 23 to March 4 in Downtown Anchorage.
Known locally as Fur Rondy, the event has been going strong for more than 80 …

Dissect Kikkan Randall's Olympic gold medal and you will find Alaska DNA at its core. America's greatest cross-country skier capped a brilliant career Wednesday by becoming an Olympic champion in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Randall will retire at …

Anchorage School District Superintendent Deena Bishop says that should the so-called bathroom bill pass during the municipal election on April 3 that it could not be enforced in Anchorage schools.
“The enforcement of this policy is not possible,” Bishop …

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More than $6 billion gap in state pension funding draws concern
Andrew …

JUNEAU — Could the state of Alaska help fix one of its most costly public health problems by giving long-acting, reversible birth control to women addicted to drugs or alcohol? Senate President Pete Kelly wants to find out. Kelly, a Republican from …

Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport general manager Jim Szczesniak stands in front of an aerial photo of the airport Monday in the Capitol. He said he would like to see the airport build on its role in global cargo transport. (Photo by Andrew …

https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2018/02/noonnewscast022118.mp3Stories include a proposed appropriation for ANWR seismic testing, University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen advocating for increased funding, publishers of …

The Olympic gold for Kikkan Randall and Jessie Diggins ends a 46-year drought for the American women, who had never medaled before at the winter games. (Photo courtesy APU)
An Alaskan skier made Olympic history today. Kikkan Randall and her teammate from …

A man has been charged with manslaughter after blood test results showed he was under the influence of marijuana at the time of a fatal car-motorcycle crash over the summer, Anchorage police said. Christopher Turkette, 41, was also charged with driving …

I have long been a fan of Crush, with its creative, modern dishes and playful, wine-centric atmosphere. I have also been a fan of Sacks Cafe, which served reliable, upscale cuisine in Anchorage for decades. But Crush, at its previous Sixth Avenue location …

ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - Any parent's worst nightmare is harm coming to their children, but most feel reasonably safe inside the walls of their own home. One resident in Anchorage came face to face with what could have been a deadly shooting had her …

Lawmakers in the Alaska Legislature have introduced bills that would require the state to seek work requirements for those enrolled in Medicaid.
The bills follow the Trump administration's decision earlier this year to allow states to seek such …

The Alaska House of Representatives has passed a resolution urging that 11 of 14 planning areas in Alaska included in the 2019-2024 National outer Continental Shelf oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program be removed from the plan.
The action came Feb. …

The number of cruise visitors to the state is expected to grow 19 percent between 2017 and 2019, industry group Cruise Lines International Association Alaska said in its annual projections released last week. CLIA member ships brought a record-setting 1, …

Kodiak’s fire station sits at 70 feet above sea level, which is in the city’s tsunami inundation zone. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT)
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Last month’s earthquake in the Gulf of Alaska left the city of Kodiak’s fire station shaken and …

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